Weasenham St Peter

Human settlement in England

Weasenham St Peter

District

Breckland

Norfolk

Region

East

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townKING'S LYNNPostcode districtPE32PoliceNorfolkFire Norfolk Ambulance East of England

List of places: UK; England; Norfolk

52°45′58″N 0°44′51″E / 52.76611°N 0.74750°E / 52.76611; 0.74750

Weasenham St Peter is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It covers an area of 5.79 km² (2.24 sq mi) and had a population of 166 in 85 households at the 2001 census,^[2] increasing to a population of 169 in 86 households at the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, it falls within the district of Breckland.

The village's name means 'Weosa's homestead or village'.^[3]

Notes

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
^ Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes. Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ University of Nottingham - Institute of Name Studies School of English. "Key to English Place-names". Kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 October 2021.